MEDIEVAL TUSCANY

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http://www.frommers.com/articles/2815.html

VOCABULARY

Dante Alighieri-Definition: An Italian poet who lived from 1265 to 1321, considered one of the greatest poets of the Middle Ages.
Context: The Inferno is the first book in Dante Alighieri's famous trilogy The Divine Comedy; the other two books are Purgatorio and Paradiso.

Inferno-Definition: Literally, intense heat; also used to refer to a place with the characteristics of hell.
Context: Since the publication of The Inferno in about 1308, the word "inferno" has become synonymous with the concept of hell.

Moral redemption-Definition: The capacity to transcend one's own limitations and reach a new level of self-knowledge.
Context: According to Dante, the road to moral redemption can be reached only after confronting evil in the world and in one's self.

Nine circles of hell-Definition: The designation of different kinds of sins beginning with sins of weakness, moving down to sins of malice, followed by sins of fraud and disloyalty, and finally descending to sins of betrayal and pride.
Context: The image of Satan frozen in ice in the last of Dante's nine circles of hell is a powerful symbol of pure evil.

Virgil-Definition: A poet who lived in ancient Rome between 70 and 19 B.C., considered one of the great poets of world literature.
Context: Dante may have selected Virgil as his guide through hell because Virgil was a great literary and moral role model.

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AUDIO AND VISUAL MEDIA

DANTE'S INFERNO CANTO 35
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To5y8rPZ4l0&mode=related&search=

DANTE'S INFERNO TRAILER
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60f8waJ4iSg

DANTE'S DIVINE COMEDY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-ELYRPbEqU

DANTE'S INFERNO: CANTO XXXIII
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUmZFggM_Oc

DANTE'S INFERNO SLIDE SHOW
http://youtube.com/watch?v=K5s6ViLwV0M&mode=related&search=

LINKING PARK- IN THE END
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ldxWFyQuUDk

This video can be linked to the overall theme of Dante's Divine Comedy.
It represents the futility of life in relation to the after life.

MAPS

SOCIAL AND POLTICAL CHARACTERS

HENRY THE PROUD
http://education.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/entry/HenryPro;_ylt=AptIU8uYMQQsiha2an6Jv85Tt8wF

HENRY THE LION
http://education.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/entry/HenryLio;_ylt=AmZZgyGYx2u8uHTrZBNY1DRTt8wF

OTTO VI HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR
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MATILDA OF TUSCANY
http://education.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/entry/MatildTus;_ylt=ApyHa134pcQ1Ib1DBve33gJTt8wF

HENRY V HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR AND GERMAN KING
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PASCHAL II
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EZZELINO DA ROMANO
http://education.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/entry/Ezzelino;_ylt=Ag5k_b5v_e.bEvkYR7vQ1GRTt8wF

HOHENSTAUFEN
http://education.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/entry/Hohensta;_ylt=AtRMkhuXiLO8uqyBeGwrdz5Tt8wF

CONRAD III RULER OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE
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LOTHAIR II
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INNOCENT II
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HONORIUS II
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THE DIVINE COMEDY

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Divine_Comedy

http://education.yahoo.com/homework_help/cliffsnotes/the_divine_comedy_inferno/35.html;_ylt=AuDVlQwNgp6naTQqp3rpCpUZvskF

DANTE ALGHIERI

http://pd.sparknotes.com/poetry/inferno/section1.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante_Alighieri

http://www.greatdante.net/time.html

http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/dante.htm

http://education.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/entry/DanteAli